Search Results - "Perera, C."

Development of river water quality indices—a review by Sutadian, Arief Dhany, Muttil, Nitin, Yilmaz, Abdullah Gokhan, Perera, B. J. C

“…The use of water quality indices (WQIs) as a tool to evaluate the status of water quality in rivers has been introduced since the 1960s. The WQI transforms…”
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Statistical Downscaling of General Circulation Model Outputs to Precipitation Accounting for Non-Stationarities in Predictor-Predictand Relationships by Sachindra, D A, Perera, B J C

“…This paper presents a novel approach to incorporate the non-stationarities characterised in the GCM outputs, into the Predictor-Predictand Relationships (PPRs)…”
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Effect of climate change and variability on extreme rainfall intensity–frequency–duration relationships: a case study of Melbourne by Yilmaz, A. G, Hossain, I, Perera, B. J. C

“…The increased frequency and magnitude of extreme rainfall events due to anthropogenic climate change, and decadal and multi-decadal climate variability…”
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Molecular Mechanisms of Ligand-Mediated Attenuation of DNA Binding by MarR Family Transcriptional Regulators by Perera, Inoka C., Grove, Anne

“…Bacteria and archaea encode members of the large multiple antibiotic resistance regulator (MarR) family of transcriptional regulators. Generally, MarR homologs…”
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Application of FT-IR and Raman spectroscopy for the study of biopolymers in breads fortified with fibre and polyphenols by Sivam, A.S., Sun-Waterhouse, D., Perera, C.O., Waterhouse, G.I.N.

“…Adding dietary fibres (DFs) and polyphenols (PPs) to bread is a convenient way to deliver the health benefits of DFs and PPs to consumers. In this study, we…”
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Comparative analysis of proximate compositions, mineral and functional chemical groups of 15 different seaweed species by Premarathna, Amal D., Tuvikene, Rando, Fernando, P. H. P., Adhikari, Ranjith, Perera, M. C. N., Ranahewa, T. H., Howlader, Md Musa, Wangchuk, Phurpa, Jayasooriya, Anura P., Rajapakse, R. P. V. J.

“…Seaweed is a popular edible source and is associated with many foods and pharmaceutical industries around the world. The current research aims to provide…”
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Value chain management in Sri Lankan construction industry: contractor's perspective by Perera, C. S. R., Gunatilake, S.

“…Poor levels of efficiency are a prevalent concern for construction industries worldwide. Herein, Value Chain Management (VCM) is a concept that can help…”
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Forecasting daily reference evapotranspiration for Australia using numerical weather prediction outputs by Perera, Kushan C., Western, Andrew W., Nawarathna, Bandara, George, Biju

“…Forecast performance as indicated by (a) RMSE, (b) R2, (c) ACC and (d) MSSS of forecasted vs. observed daily ET0 for 40 AWS locations. •The potential to…”
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Statistical downscaling of general circulation model outputs to precipitation—part 2: bias‐correction and future projections by Sachindra, D. A., Huang, F., Barton, A., Perera, B. J. C.

“…ABSTRACT This article is the second of a series of two articles. In the first article, two models were developed with National Centers for Environmental…”
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PFAS: The Journey from Wonder Chemicals to Environmental Nightmares and the Search for Solutions by Perera, Duwage C., Meegoda, Jay N.

“…Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are diverse synthetic chemicals manufactured over seven decades. It is an aliphatic molecule with a basic…”
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Docetaxel- induced organising pneumonia in a patient with advanced breast cancer: case report by L. Liyanage, C. C. Perera, N. Ranaweera

“…Pulmonary toxicity is a rare complication of taxanes, which are used in chemotherapy regimes in advanced breast carcinoma. We report a case of a 47- year- old…”
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NSP4, an elastase-related protease in human neutrophils with arginine specificity by Perera, Natascha C, Schilling, Oliver, Kittel, Heike, Back, Walter, Kremmer, Elisabeth, Jenne, Dieter E

“…Neutrophil serine proteases (NSPs) in cytoplasmic granules of neutrophils are regarded as important antimicrobial defense weapons after engulfment and exposure…”
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The Eye Phone Study: reliability and accuracy of assessing Snellen visual acuity using smartphone technology by Perera, C, Chakrabarti, R, Islam, F M A, Crowston, J

“…Purpose Smartphone-based Snellen visual acuity charts has become popularized; however, their accuracy has not been established. This study aimed to evaluate…”
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The feasibility of new HPV/DNA test as a primary cervical cancer screening method among 35- years- old ever-married women in Kalutara district; a cross-sectional study by Perera, K C M, Mapitigama, N, Abeysena, Htcs

“…Cervical cancer is the second commonest female cancer in Sri Lanka. Two major drawbacks of the present cervical cancer screening programme are the suboptimal…”
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Global substrate profiling of proteases in human neutrophil extracellular traps reveals consensus motif predominantly contributed by elastase by O'Donoghue, Anthony J, Jin, Ye, Knudsen, Giselle M, Perera, Natascha C, Jenne, Dieter E, Murphy, John E, Craik, Charles S, Hermiston, Terry W

“…Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) consist of antimicrobial molecules embedded in a web of extracellular DNA. Formation of NETs is considered to be a…”
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Statistical downscaling of general circulation model outputs to precipitation—part 1: calibration and validation by Sachindra, D. A., Huang, F., Barton, A., Perera, B. J. C.

“…ABSTRACT This article is the first of two companion articles providing details of the development of two separate models for statistically downscaling monthly…”
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A framework of an integrated sustainability and value engineering concepts for construction projects by Gunarathne, A. S., Zainudeen, N., Perera, C. S. R., Perera, B. A. K. S.

“…Sustainability and value enhancement are major considerations in the modern construction world. Thus, the integration of sustainability and Value Engineering…”
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Acceptability, simplicity, and relevance of the new human papillomavirus/DNA test among 35-year-old ever-married women in a district of Sri Lanka: focus group discussions by Perera, K C, Mapitigama, K N, Abeysena, T C

“…Two major drawbacks of the present cervical cancer screening programme in Sri Lanka are, the suboptimal sensitivity of the pap smear and the low coverage. The…”
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Exchange Functionals and Basis Sets for Density Functional Theory Studies of Water Splitting on Selected ZnO Nanocluster Catalysts by Perera, Duwage C, Rasaiah, Jayendran C

“…In this communication, we use density functional theory (DFT) to study the structural (geometry) and electronic properties (vertical detachment energy and…”
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Computational Study of H2O Adsorption, Hydrolysis, and Water Splitting on (ZnO)3 Nanoclusters Deposited on Graphene and Graphene Oxides by Perera, Duwage C., Rasaiah, Jayendran C.

“…Graphene and graphene oxide (GO)-based metal oxides could play an important role in using metal oxide like zinc oxide (ZnO) as photocatalysts to split water…”
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